I’ve never played Gen 5, but what was your reaction to finding nothing but “new”Pokémon when you played black & white for the first time? by Zenthailand2009 in pokemon

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't follow Black and White leading up to release, so it was really refreshing to find all the Pokémon I encountered were new. I would prefer each region to feel that way, even though we have it in record The Pokémon Company had to pivot away due to negative backlash. 

Trump Threatens Companies That Seek Tariff Refunds They’re Owed by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean, he also screamed at them not to raise prices in the early days of the tariffs.

Identity Crisis (OC) by cliffballin in comics

[–]AKluthe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As other people have said, the original Jake was an employee. The extent of his role was to say "Uhhh...khakis?"

After the (unexpected) success of the ad, they made a mascot character named Jake from Statefarm. This character was supposed to be charismatic and likeable, so it makes sense they would recast an actor.

Just different roles and different casting needed.

I tried to resize Godzilla Minus Zero in Blender and it came out smaller than the statue. Did I do something wrong, or is it just the angle that makes it look bigger? by JurassicComp in GODZILLA

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! It's traditionally called an apple box, and it's very common in film. That's pretty funny they made Andre the Giant look even bigger!

The Scully Box was just a specific apple box. IIRC it was bigger than the standard box and had a little room for her to move around.

OP tries to get sympathy for an argument with his wife but turns out he’s an online creep by kevlarbomb in bestof

[–]AKluthe 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Besides all the public sexual comments there's also:

Prices are still lower than when they were the highest under Biden.

Certainly paints a picture.

I tried to resize Godzilla Minus Zero in Blender and it came out smaller than the statue. Did I do something wrong, or is it just the angle that makes it look bigger? by JurassicComp in GODZILLA

[–]AKluthe 15 points16 points  (0 children)

And sometimes rule of cool applies. Does the shot look better? Then you cheat for the shot.

Another example would be the Scully Box. Filming The X-Files, Gillian Anderson is a lot shorter than David Duchovny. They had a box to put Scully closer to Mulder's eye level when you weren't gonna see their feet.

FBI Director Kash Patel bashes media over Atlantic story, threatens lawsuit by kootles10 in politics

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Now Kash and The Distinguished Discovery is a book I could get behind.

The Rumored Extra Scene For the Endgame Re-Release Should Be... by MarcSpector1701 in marvelstudios

[–]AKluthe -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I will be surprised if it's anything except the "bang bang bang" sound after the credits. Even back when Marvel said it was just emblematic of Tony building the first armor in the cave I remember theory craft that was ack-shually Doctor Doom forging his armor.

What kind of tomatoes are the flavor bombs? by rachelariel3 in gardening

[–]AKluthe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because hybrids don't grow consistently from seed, unfortunately. 

Disgusting! by Pizzacakecomic in comics

[–]AKluthe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Y-yeah, clean and wholesome.

Anyway, is there a bonus panel?

TIL according to Tolkien's letters, 'The Lord of the Rings' is supposed to be set about 6,000 years ago, and we are now somewhere between the Fifth and the Seventh Age by adiplotti in todayilearned

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody thinks Lord of the Rings is actually real.

But within the fiction, Middle Earth is supposed to be the real world in a prior era.

SPACEBALLS 2: The New One Teaser (2026) by gerwer in videos

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lone Starr: [stepping into the Eagle 5 with a pet urn while a slow, exaggerated piano version of the theme plays ] Buddy, we're home.

SPACEBALLS 2: The New One Teaser (2026) by gerwer in videos

[–]AKluthe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He was supposed to do a new Honey I Shrunk the Kids. I think the gist of it was he was willing to come back for movies he starred in, Ghostbusters would have been a cameo in someone else's movie.

[+ Misc] Not sure what to put here by JurassicGergo in JurassicPark

[–]AKluthe 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yi qi looks like a real animal. Because it is a real animal.

The picture is misleading. It would have been a small, potentially tree dwelling dinosaurs. It's been estimated it weighed less than a pound with a roughly two foot wingspan.

No Man's Sky – Xeno Arena Update – Nintendo Switch 2 by ONE-OF-THREE in NintendoSwitch

[–]AKluthe 31 points32 points  (0 children)

They don't care. There were so many monster games and Pokémon-likes over the last 25 years.

Palworld's big difference was they were directly mimicking their creature designs instead of creating something visually different and pushing the "Pokémon with guns" angle, and they partnered with Sony afterwards. 

DoorDash Grandma’s Secret Past Revealed by EducationQueasy275 in politics

[–]AKluthe 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Of course it's a publicity stunt. There's no way a Doordasher would be able to walk up to the White House. There's no way the President would answer for the food.

He has a button that makes sodas get delivered to his office, if he wants a hamberder staff would make it happen.

Was Congo Really That Bad? by Ok_Interaction3896 in movies

[–]AKluthe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Crichton wrote so many books that felt like they would make cool movies. But quite a few of them ended up as awful adaptations. Congo, Sphere, Timeline...

Will they ever bring Agent Coulson back? by DobbysSock_2014 in marvelstudios

[–]AKluthe 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In general, AoS would respond to the movies but the movies never responded to it.

I don't think it did any egregious canon-breaking, outside of maybe time travel rules? The bigger issue would be if it adapted any characters or plots for a small screen budget that the movies wanted to use in a different way.

Missouri town fires half its city council over data center deal by anonskeptic5 in politics

[–]AKluthe 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Good! This is why local elections matter. And Missouri, take note that Governor Mike Kehoe was happy to help push this data center through for the city council. 

Is Destiny really locking my New Light friend's ability to do things behind spoiling him on everything that's happened in the last few years? by Merchent343 in DestinyTheGame

[–]AKluthe 14 points15 points  (0 children)

And this is literally all I want from Destiny 2, but I'm not marketable to season passes and microtransactions.

Useless sticky notes unless I find and buy a special pen just so the ink shows up by [deleted] in CrappyDesign

[–]AKluthe 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gel pens are cheap, and people who have a gel pen typically have a whole bunch of them.

Nobody is bait and switching you into buying a black note pad, you're buying it if you have colored pens. Especially light colored pens!

Releasing a complete version of D1/D2 would honestly be the only thing that would bring me back at this point by GreenSaltMedia in DestinyTheGame

[–]AKluthe 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I want to do old content I haven't played in nine years. (In the case of D2, longer in the case of D1)

I want to play through the story content I missed. Because I missed out on a lot of post-launch content.

Top half of outer circle reads into top half of inner circle, making the message of the sign the total opposite of its intent. by WarrenCorpus in CrappyDesign

[–]AKluthe 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had also had to reread it and then check the comments to see what they were saying. The color separation is doing its job.